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Egypt will elect a president before voting on a parliament, interim President Adly Mansour said Sunday, amending a road map laid down last summer.

Parliamentary elections were supposed to be held first under a timetable agreed to after Egypt's army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsy in July following mass protests against his rule.

Voters in the Arab world's most populous nation this month overwhelmingly approved a new constitution with 98.1% in favor, the Electoral Commission said.

"I had previously held a series of sessions for dialogue with some of the major political stakeholders and representatives of the different political groups which indicated a majority in favor of holding presidential elections first," Mansour said in a televised address.

"In this light, I have taken the decision to amend the road map for the future, so that presidential elections are held first, and are followed by parliamentary elections."

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Egypt's army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said he would run for president if the Egyptian people wanted him to, state media reported recently.

The country has seen months of political turmoil since its first democratically elected president, Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood, was deposed by the military and an interim, military-backed government was installed in his place.

Supporters of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the constitution referendum in response to a continuing government crackdown.

At least 49 people were killed and 247 wounded in violence Saturday marking the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution that brought down longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian state media said.

Dozens more people were wounded in clashes throughout the country on Saturday between anti-government protesters and security forces. The casualty figures came from the Ministry of Health, state media said.